Dictionary Entry
dispute
dispute is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.
- 2transitive verb
To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
- 3transitive verb
To oppose by argument or assertion; to attempt to overthrow; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of; as, to dispute assertions or arguments.
- 4transitive verb
To strive or contend about; to contest.
- 5transitive verb
To struggle against; to resist.
- 6intransitive verb
Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
- 7intransitive verb
Contest; struggle; quarrel.
- 8noun
coming into conflict with
Synonyms
- 9noun
a disagreement or argument about something important
"he had a dispute with his wife"
"there were irreconcilable differences"
Synonyms
- 10verb
have a disagreement over something
"We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"
"These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
- 11verb
take exception to
"She challenged his claims"
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